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Submitted by cromagnonman on Sunday, 07 November 2021 Page Views: 1318

Medieval (High and Late)Site Name: Windy Post Cross Alternative Name: The Windy Post, Beckamoor cross, Windy stone
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 1.089 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Devon Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Town: Tavistock
Map Ref: SX53437428
Latitude: 50.549859N Longitude: 4.070227W
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**Windy Post Cross** submitted by cromagnonman : I remember this picture well. It was the last outing with my camera before the first lockdown! CAMERA INFO Camera Canon EOS 450D Lens 10-20mm Focal Length 10.0 mm Aperture f/7.1 Exposure Time 5s ISO 100 Date Taken 2020-01-19 08:23:22 (Vote or comment on this photo)

To the north west of Feather Tor stands an ancient and rugged granite cross known as either the Beckamoor Cross or more romantically the Windy Post and Windy Stone. For centuries this lone cross has stood upon the bleak moorland with just the murmuring Grimstone and Sortridge leat for company.

The cross is of medieval origin and dates to between 1400 and 1499. It would seem that the purpose of the Windy Post was to act as a marker of the Tavistock to Ashburton trans-moor track which in effect was an early medieval route which connected Buckfast and Tavistock abbeys. Today the time-worn granite pillar displays the effects of numerous cattle and ponies rubbing up against it which has resulted in a somewhat ‘drunken’ tilt. As with many of Dartmoor’s granite relics the Windy Post proudly wears a multi-coloured coat of lichens which serve to emphasise its rugged texture.

‘Lonely there, betwixt moor and sky,

Where great grey clouds go drifting by,

And the peewit utters her plaintive cry,

The Windy Post stands silently.’

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SX5374 : Bullseye Stone by David Smith — by David Smith
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SX5374 : Dartmoor: Windy Post and the Grimstone & Sortridge Leat by Nigel Cox — by Nigel Cox
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SX5374 : Old Wayside Cross - Windy Post Cross, Whitchurch Parish, Dartmoor by Alan Rosevear — by Alan Rosevear
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SX5374 : Bullseye Stone on Whitchurch Common by Sandy Gerrard — by Sandy Gerrard
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SX5374 : Bullseye Stone by Mike White — by Mike White
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